Mr Charles Wirtz
Painesville OH
The Monitor Boys

Commanders
- John Lorimer Worden
- Samuel Dana Greene
- Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Jr.
- William Nicholson Jeffers
- Thomas Holdup Stevens II
- John Payne Bankhead
Officers
- Albert B. Campbell
- George Frederickson
- Robinson W. Hands
- William F. Keeler
- Daniel C. Logue
- Isaac Newton
- Mark T. Sunstrom
- Louis N. Stodder
- William Flye
- Edwin V. Gager
We're in a race to conserve history! Follow along as artifacts are uncovered and more facts are learned about the Monitor and the men who served aboard!
From the heart breaking accounts of life aboard the ironclads to thrilling descriptions of the battles recounted by those who witnessed them you're sure to learn something new!
The Monitor Center
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- History
- Ironclads Before the Civil War
- Historical Chronology:1855-1860
- Historical Chronology:1861
- Historical Chronology:1861 Continued
- Historical Chronology:1862
- Strategic Significance of Hampton Roads
- USS Merrimack/CSS Virginia
- USS Monitor
- Aftermath
- Ironclads Trivia
- Life on Board
- Battle of Hampton Roads: March 8
- The Monitor Boys
- Edwin V. Gager, Acting Master
- Albert B. Campbell, 2nd Assistant Engineer
- Daniel C. Logue, Acting Assistant Surgeon
- George Frederickson, Acting Master's Mate
- Isaac Newton, 1st Assistant Engineer
- John Lorimer Worden
- John Payne Bankhead
- Louis N. Stodder, Acting Master
- Mark T. Sunstrom, 3rd Assistant Engineer
- Robinson W. Hands, 3rd Assistant Engineer
- Samuel Dana Greene
- Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Jr.
- Thomas Stevens II
- William F. Keeler, Acting Paymaster of the USS Monitor
- William Flye, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant
- William Nicholson Jeffers
- Battle of Hampton Roads: March 9
- The Loss of the Monitor: Francis Butts
- Battle of Hampton Roads Trivia
- Sinking Chronology from First-hand Accounts
- Eyewitness Accounts:Samuel Dana Greene
- Legacy
- Discovery and Recovery
- Eyewitness-Accounts: H. Ashton Ramsay
- Eyewitness-Accounts:R.E. Colston
- The Men of the Cumberland By Rev. R.T.S. Lowell
- Conservation
- Education
- About the Exhibit
- Monitor Blog
- Monitor Expeditions
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